Cat's age

.. converted to human's, just so we may understand and perhaps empathize with the physical changes as well as their peel-s & perangai-s.


Nico the lazy fella, is almost 4 so he would be about 30 in human years kot..

Converting Cat Years to People Years

There are many tables for converting between cat years and human years.Many of them use a very simple calculation (e.g. 1 cat year equals 7 human years). This is inaccurate because:
The average life for a house cat (excluding accidents, in particular, car runovers) is about 1/5th that of a person, not 1/7th.

A cat has a relatively short childhood. A cat with an expected lifespan of 15 years would be sexually and physically mature within 18 months. A man with an expected lifespan of 75 years would have the equivalent maturity at 15-18 years of age. For this reason, an accurate mapping of cat years to human years needs to consider factors other than chronological lifespan. This is shown in the following table:

Calendar Years In A Cat's Lifespan/Equivalent Human Longevity:
0 - Birth/ 0 - Birth
1 - Sexual Maturity/ 15 - Sexual Maturity
2 - Physical Maturity/ 20 - Physical Maturity
3 - Adulthood/ 25 - Adulthood
4 / 30
5 / 35
6 / 40
7 - Middle Age/ 45 - Middle Age
8 / 50
9 / 54
10 / 58
11 - Senior Age/ 62 - Senior Age
12 / 66
13 / 70
14 - Geriatric Age/ 74 - Geriatric Age
15 / 78
16 / 82
17 - Venerable Age/ 86 - Venerable Age
18 / 90
19 / 94
20 - Remarkable Age/ 98 - Remarkable Age

The oldest confirmed recorded age for a cat is 34 years. The oldest confirmed recorded age for a human is 122 years.

Factors affecting lifespan and health

It is not unusual for a house cat to reach 15 years or even 20 years of age, whereas an intact tomcat living in the wild has a life expectancy of about 3 years.Some general factors that affect lifespan are:
- Gender. Female cats tend to live slightly longer than male cats.
- Neutering. Neutered cats tend to live longer than intact cats.There is evidence that neutered cats, especially neutered tomcats, benefit from a reduced exposure to infectious diseases (they stay closer to home).
- Diet. The three major natural causes of death in cats are kidney and/or liver failure, cancer and infectious diseases. Suitable foods (including special reduced protein cat food for older cats) can significantly delay organ problems and may also reduce cancers.
- Living Conditions. A claimed and protected environment will result in a healthier cat, which can be expected to live longer. For this reason, house cats typically live longer than barn cats or feral cats.
- Medical Attention. Cats should be vaccinated against the common feline diseases. Infectious disease is one of the three main natural causes of cat death. Like people, cats periodically require medical treatment for illness or injury, especially as they get older.
- Individual Characteristics. Just as some people are born with a strong constitution, so are some cats. Consequently, while one can talk about the expected lifespan of a cat based on the above factors, individual cats will vary somewhat from this.

(from: http://www.imaramusic.com/Oreo/lifespan.htm)